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HORSE BELL. l No. 278,709. Patented June 5,1888.

UNITE-D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AARON D. JACOBUS, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

HORSE-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,709, dated June 5, 1883.

Application iled September 22, 1882.' (No model.)

Vto horse-cars and similar vehicles, and is designed to provide anew and economical means of securing the tongue inside the bell. Such bells require no handle, and are commonly provided with a shank, to which a leather loop is attachedi'or connecting them readily with the harness by a strap. The tongue in such bells has heretofore been held inside the bell by a staple cast inside the crown of the bell, the tongue being commonly cast of hard-gray iron with an eye at the upper end, as shown in the annexed drawings in Figure l. Such staple,be

ing cast into the crown of the bell with the tongue attached to it, would form an inseparable attachment for the latter until the staple wore through. As the tongue is commonly made of cast-iron and the staple ofwrought, the latter is nearly always worn through first, when it is almost impossible to secure the tongue in its place, and the entire bell is unlitted for further use.

My improved construction 'is shown in the annexed drawings, in which Fig. l is an edge view of a bell with leather loop attached to its.

shank. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same in a plane at right angles to the first view, on line a; at in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan ofthe bell. Fig. et is a detached view of a solid link, and Fig. 5 a detached view of a tongue adapted to hook into the same.

A is the bell; B, the tongue, C, the link, and

i D the shank ofthe bell,heretofore used chiefiy for the attachment of the leather loop E. Into this shank the ends of the staple were formerly cast by inserting thelatter in the mold in the usual manner, and the loop was commonly secured to the shank by a transverse pin riveted over at the ends. Inmy construction the shank is formed with an internal cavity or recess, F, and a removable link, C, is joined to the tongue and held by one end in the recess F by the transverse pin H. This pin is shown in the drawings as provided with a head and nut, so v that it may be readily removed and replaced, as it has the new function in my device of retaining the link in the bell or permitting the removal of the same at pleasure. By this construction the link may be renewed when worn out, or the tongue be detached from the link and a new tongue connected therewith, if necessary. y

In Fig. 2 the link is shown as open at one side, so that a solid cast eye formed upon the top of the tongue may be readily hooked thereon; but in Fig.` 4 I have shown a solid link, and in Fig. 5 a construction for the eye of the tongue adapted to engage with it.V

The eye a in Fig. 5 is shown formed as an open hook, and with this construction would require to be made of malleable cast-iron, so as to be closed upon the link when hooked thereon.

As both tongue and link are readily removable from the bell by the mere withdrawal of the pin H, it is obvious that either canbe detached from the other and the worn p art renewed without any material cost of time or new parts. A bell may thus be made to last for many years, whereas the consta-nt jingling ofthe tongue in the bells used on carhorses frequently cuts through the fixed staple in a few weeks and renders the entire bell useless. .n

To increase the durability of thelink C, in my construction I make the part in contact with the tongue of increased thickness, to compensate in some degree for the relative hardness ofthe metal used in the tongue, the vlink being preferably made of malleable iron when shaped as in Fig.`2,that the ends may be bent toward one another, if necessary. By a proper adjustment of the length of the leather ends below the cross-pin H to the length of the link C, the latter may be drawn tightly up into the recess F when the pin is inserted, and the link kept from rattling and wearing on the pin.

For this object the openings in the shank D for the insertion of the pin may be slotted, as shown at b in Fig. 2, so that the level of the pin can be adjusted to the top of the link in the manner suggested.

If preferred, the pin canbe inserted in round IOO holes in the sides of the shank and the link formed with a solid eye at the top, like that shown at the end of the tongue in Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, it will 5 be seen that it does not consist in making a removable tongue, as that has previously been done by other means, nor in making the attachment of the tongue to the bell removable, as a wire eye is often constructed to pass through a hole in the top of a bell and be held therein by a nut on the handle or by riveting; but as the class of bells to which my invention relates is not constructed with a handle, and is always used with a transverse pin across its center line 15 for fastening it to a leather loop, as shown, it

cannot be provided with any of the means referred to for detaching the tongue or renewing its connection with the bell. My invention therefore consists in utilizing the said cross-pin to hold a removable link inside a hollow shank, and thus making the pin the instrument for removing the tongue, instead of an obstacle, as heretofore.

I therefore claim my invention as follows:

l. The combination, in the horse-bell having 25 the shank D, of the recess F, link C, andtransverse pin H, the whole arranged and operating to hold the tongue removably in thebell, substantially as and fon-the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in the horse-bell having 3o AARON D. JAooBUs.

Vitnesses:

Trios. S. CRANE, NV. F. D. CRANE. 

